穿堂 meaning in English
[建筑] (两个院子之间供穿行的房间; 穿堂儿) enterclose; hallway (connecting two courtyards in an old-style chinese compound)
◇穿堂风 draught; 穿堂门 a passageway; through alley; alley gate
Examples
- The water's at the end of the hall .
穿堂那一头就有自来水。 - As she stood in the hall, listening to the girls sobbing, her mind was busy .
当她站在穿堂里听女人哭泣的时候，她心里在翻腾。 - Fleur, leaning out of her window, heard the hall clock's muffled chime of twelve .
芙雷身子探出窗外，听见穿堂里的钟低沉地敲了十二点。 - He found irene seated at the piano with her hands arrested on the keys, evidently listening to the voices in the hall .
他看见伊琳坐在钢琴面前，两只手停留在键子上，显然在倾听穿堂里的谈话。 - The coachman was asleep ; he waked him up , told him to put the horses in , and went into the outer room of the house
车夫睡着了，他叫醒他，吩咐套马，然后走进穿堂。